Small cars and the new IIHS small-overlap crash test: How'd they do? We look at lousy sales of GM's first diesel passenger car in 28 years, a higher-efficiency model of the 2015 Ford F-150 pickup truck, and of course there's a Tesla story to lead off the day. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

Tesla and Panasonic announced they have signed a deal to build the gigafactory, but has construction already started?

We've now driven the 2016 Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid hatchback, and we tell you all about what we think of it.

The ground-breaking 2015 Ford F-150 pickup truck, with its aluminum body, will offer a special SFE high-efficiency model.

The IIHS has rated more small cars in its new, tougher small-overlap front crash test; results for the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf varied. A lot.

The Chevy Cruze Diesel compact sedan has had mediocre sales so far, and we look at why that might be.

If you're as fascinated by the Harley-Davison LiveWire electric motorcycle concept as our writer Ben Rich, we're got his ride report on video.

One photo has emerged in which the smallest and most fuel-efficient car from British luxury maker Jaguar breaks cover: It's the 2016 Jaguar XE.

And, finally, the largest Fiat (which is still a small car)--the Fiat 500L tall wagon--has been recalled to fix airbag-firing problems.

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